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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the melting point of Ice-nine?
(a) 122 degrees Farenheit.
(b) 114.4 degrees Farenheit.
(c) 136.2 degrees Farenheit.
(d) 98.6 degrees Farenheit.

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(c) "Protein."
(d) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."

3. What is the name of the woman on the cover of the San Lorenzo supplement in the newspaper whom John falls in love with at first sight?
(a) Julia Castle.
(b) Elizabeth McAnderson.
(c) Mona Aamons Monzano.
(d) Rachel Marie Monzano.

4. How old was Newt Hoenikker when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

5. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) "End of the World Delight."
(b) "Protein."
(c) "Vice-president in Charge of Volcanoes."
(d) "Secret Agent X-9."

6. What is Mrs. Crosby's first name?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Mona.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Marie.

7. What position does John discover Frank Hoenikker holds in San Lorenzo in Chapter 37?
(a) Minister of Science and Progresss.
(b) Minister of Foreign Relations.
(c) Minister of War.
(d) Ambassador to the United States.

8. What is the name of the book that was given to Dr. Felix Hoenikker from a man in prison about the end of the world?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.
(c) The Day the World Ended.
(d) 2000 A.D.

9. How tall does Newt Hoenikker claim to be in his letter to John?
(a) 6' tall.
(b) 4' tall.
(c) 3'7" tall.
(d) 5' tall.

10. How long ago does Newt say his brother Frank disappeared in his letter in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 year ago.
(b) 2 years ago.
(c) 10 years ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

11. To whom is the poem attributed on the tombstone that says, "Mother, Mother, how I pray / For you to guard us every day"?
(a) Felix Hoenikker.
(b) Angela Hoenikker.
(c) Newt Hoenikker.
(d) Frank Hoenikker.

12. Where does the narrator describe the Episcopalian woman living in Chapter 3?
(a) Newport, Rhode Island.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

13. Where was the Hoenikker family living at the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(b) Princeton, New Jersey.
(c) Ilium, New York.
(d) Ithaca, New York.

14. How wide is the island of San Lorenzo described as in Chapter 38?
(a) 70 miles wide.
(b) 10 miles wide.
(c) 20 miles wide.
(d) 50 miles wide.

15. What is the title of the book that the narrator describes writing in Chapter 1?
(a) The Book of Bokonon.
(b) The Ice-nine Cloud.
(c) The Day the World Ended.
(d) Dreams of Tomorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What materials are required to play the "Cat's Cradle" game that is described in the narrative?

2. How much is the long-distance phone bill that the poet left behind in John's apartment in Chapter 36?

3. Where does John describe stopping for a 10-minute layover in Chapter 47?

4. What is the name of Dr. Breed's secretary?

5. What is the title of Chapter 9?

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